The Library That Never Was

Hey, folks. I am just popping in to give you all a bit of an update.
 
Although then again, I am kind of more writing this entry to tell you all that LEGO City: Undercover is pretty awesome. And if you are thinking about getting a Wii U at any point in the future, you should definitely think about picking this game up because it is quite fun.
 
Really I could go on and on about the game here, but I think I am going to wait until I beat it in full before saying all my thoughts on it here. Heck, I might even do a review, if you folks really want me to. Hm...I doubt you would want that though. *shrugs*
 
But anyway, before I asked my question, I just want to officially announced that due to complains in the previous entry; I have retired my classic style for my posts here. So from this point on, I will be using nothing but default font and color for my posts here. Honestly I am not happy about this, but it is what you folks want, so I guess I'll listen to ya. *sigh* 
 
Now as I said in the entry itself, while I will be doing this from now on, I am not editing every post and blog entry that I have ever made on this site to remove my old style because it is more effort than I am willing to give for this silly thing. So be happy with what you get, folks.
 
Alright, moving on, I guess I'll ask this question, even though I am pretty sure answer will mostly be yes, you should. Should I check Doctor Who out? Just wondering because well, I know a lot of people here seem to like, so I thought maybe I should give it a try like I did MLP. So yeah, should I? Again, I am pretty sure the answer will be yes, but I thought I ask to make sure.
 
Okay, that's all I have for you folks. Hm...I probably would of talk about LEGO City some more. But well, I am kind of down in the dumps right now. I just don't feel like typing anymore than I already have. I am sorry, folks. Oh, and Happy Easter to those that celebrate it.
 
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have a good day. Talk to later, BZPers.
 
- JMJ 2013

Hey, folks. I am just popping in today to well, talk about some stuff that I was thinking about yesterday. I actually would of talk about this stuff last night, but my computer was having issues again. So I spent a good dealt of time yesterday taking things off this computer in hopes that resolve some of issues that I have. It appears to have worked since my computer running a bit better.
 
But anyway, before I get on that tangent, let's talk about the real important thing first, which is...I have finally gotten around to reading more of the awesome epic, Brotherhood, by former BZPower staff member, Janus. And I personally recommend that you all give it a read and if you can, give it a review because it definitely deserve some.
 
Especially considering it reminds me of why I love the library forums here because people are able to take what they want from BIonicle and build their own worlds from it. Its great and its why I want to try and get into habit of reading more literature here again I won't be joining any Critic clubs though since I don't have time for them because I work like over forty hours a week and I really don't want the pressure of having to write a quality review in a week's time. Beside, I am more of reviewer than critic, so I really don't fit in with their crowd honestly. *shrugs*
 
Speaking of reviews though, I am planning on reviewing Brotherhood at some point. I am, well, still debating on whether or not I should wait until he has posted all the chapters of this epic before I review it. Hm...I kind thinking of doing what I originally planning to do, which is review five chapters at a time.
 
I think the biggest issue with me trying to review this though is that my normal way of reviewing stories here, usually involves me print them out because I like to write mark ups on stories and denote certain things that I should focus on. Now this story is about 54 pages in Microsoft Word. So yeah, printing this out would not be ideal, especially if I wait to do a mega review of the whole thing in its entire. Hm...I guess I could do it the five chapter at time review way since that way I only have to print a bit of it at time. *shrugs* What do you folks think I should do? Just wondering.
 
Alright, moving on from that, I guess I can talk about the quest for a new computer. Really, there's not much say about this except well, that I am getting to point that I am just about to settle with just any new computer out there now (Even one with...Windows 8...) because the issues that I having with this one are just about getting on my last nerves, especially the shut down issues. So yeah, hopefully in a week or so, I'll be getting a new computer finally.
 
Will it be able do everything that I want? Probably not since I probably going settle with whatever computer that I find with my minimum requirements (Somewhat cheap price, 8 GB of RAM, 1 TB hard-drive, and preferably a non-Intel graphics card.). *shrugs*
 
Alright, that's about it for entry. Well, I guess I can ask again if anyone is interested in one of these BZPower shirts. If you are, please do leave a comment saying you are interested in them.
 
Hm...I guess I could ask this as well. Does anyone here know how good bus transportation is in Virginia? Just wondering because I was thinking of using my one week's pay vacation during the summer to maybe take a trip down there to take in some sights there. Like go to some museums and maybe check out Washington DC since I only been there once during a school field trip and all I remember during my visit there is checking out the Lincoln Memorial.
 
Then again, I don't know since if I were to take that trip, I would probably be by myself, so I am not sure how comfortable I would be exploring a new place like that without anyone I know with me. *shrugs* 
 
Okay, I think I rambled here long enough, so I am going call this entry. Thanks for taking the time to read this, folks. And I hope you all have a good day. Talk to later, BZPers.
 
- JMJ 2013

Hey, folks. Like I said yesterday, I am back to ramble for a bit here.
 
Before I do though, I just want to apologize for well, disappearing and all for past few days. You see apparently adjusting to working full time is harder than I was expecting, especially when it comes to my sleep schedule. And well, a lot of BZPower blog entries are well written at like near midnight hours. So yeah, writing blog entries wasn't going to help with that. If anything, I probably shouldn't be even writing this now since it almost midnight here and all.
 
But well, I feel like I owe you folks an update, so I just have to deal with it (lol I'll probably be kicking myself for saying that tomorrow). So yeah, with that said and all, sorry for lack of active from me lately.
 
Alright, moving on from that, I guess I can ramble about... Hm...What should I talk about here? Well, I guess I could mention that I got a raise at work today. Hm...No, actually that's not very interesting thing to mention here since there isn't really an interest story behind it or anything. I just got my degree last semester and well, my boss decided to recommend I get a raise when he was made aware of that fact. Yeah, it is boring story and I doubt you folks care to hear about dull life of JMJ anyway.
 
So what should I talk about then? Well, I guess I can mention that I am quite excited about a lot of Wii U games for this year and probably next year (Since obviously stuff like Bayonetta 2 are probably not going be coming out this year considering how far they are in development with it.). I think what I am looking forward to the most at the moment is Wind Waker remake since it is, well, a Zelda title and based on pictures, the graphics look really good on the Wii U. Plus, Wind Waker is kind of my favorite Zelda game, so it is hard not to be excited about a remake of it, even though technically I could just pull out my GameCube and play it again if I really want to.
 
Hm...Another Wii U title that I am excited is whatever Monolith Soft is working on because based on in development footage, the game looks pretty awesome. I especially like fact that there might be mechs in it. But yeah, I am definitely looking forward to seeing more news on this game in the future.
 
Alright, moving on from that topic, I guess I can talk about some blog plans that I have currently. The first, well, being that I think I might end up having an entry here that will kind of be a monthly weight in thing. Why? Because I think it will help motive me to start losing some weight and get into the habit of exercising regularly.
 
Hm...Honestly I doubt you guys would care to see an entry like that, so I guess I could keep track my weight a different way. Especially if that end up annoying you folks, which I don't want to do. *shrugs* I guess I'll leave it up to you folks to decide really.
 
As for other blog plans, I may be hosting a contest here in the future. I am not sure what type of contest it will be though. So you know what how about folks tell me what you prefer to see: a Writing Contest or a MOC Contest?
 
Okay, I think ramble enough here. Well, actually no, I don't think I have. But honestly I need to go to bed, so that getting up at 6 AM won't be worst. With that said, thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have a good day. Night, BZPers.
 
- JMJ 2013

Hm...How interested in would you folks be in reading a Bionicle story, where to certain degree you get to pick what happens based on character path you chose?
 
It kind of a similar idea to what xccj did in his blog awhile back, except in this case it is going to take place in Bionicle verse about 200,000 years after the defeat of Makuta via Moon.That and well, my idea is kind of taking up to 11 since I am kind going to try to like have personality type quiz to it for each group's story so to speak.
 
Like let's say for example, you picked the Matoran path of story. Well, basically by choosing a Matoran, you also given a personality quiz of sorts that determines which of three personality types of Matoran, you will be. This in return will effect how the story progress for you and the choices that you are given to progress it. That makes sense, right?
 
As for why I want to do this, its most because this first time in awhile that I have felt inspired to write some Bionicle fan fiction and I kind of want to jump on my idea. Obviously though, it is going to take awhile to get done, especially considering I am planning to have at least five or six Bionicle species to choose to progress the story as.
 
So yeah, it is not going be easy project or a quick one. But I think it will be fun and I want to give it a shot, even if you folks aren't interest in seeing it here. If you are interest in it though and you want hear maybe more about, feel free to leave a comment here if you want.
 
That's all for this entry. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have good day. Talk to later, BZPers.
 
- JMJ 2013

Hey, folks. I am just popping in today to get your opinion on what MOCs that I should sent to LEGO Fan Conventions listed here. Why am I asking you folks? Because I feel like I am biased about my MOCs. That and well, if you going to see them, I would like to know what you would like to see in person and all.
 
So without further ado, here are choices:
 
A) Ussal Crab > View 1, View 2, View 3 *Note: This MOC has appeared in one of these LEGO Conventions before, except it was pulling a cart with a Matoran on it (Although I do remember looking at a bunch of photos from that con for it and I didn't find it in any...So maybe it is so bad that it shouldn't be there again. *shrugs*).
 
B) Unnamed Rahi > View 1, View 2, View 3 *Note: This MOC was actually made like yesterday. So yeah, make of that what you will.
 
C) Unnamed Rahi 2 > View 1, View 2, View 3
 
D) Unnamed Turaga > View 1, View 2 *Note: This more of side note than anything else, but this Turaga was actually original to be a character in one of fan fictions, but the story never panned out. Honestly I kind of happy that it didn't since story's main character was my awful semi-self insert character.
 
E) Unnamed Matoran like Species (Ta-Version) > View 1, View 2, View 3
 
F) Unnamed Matoran like Species (Po-Version) > View 1, View 2, View 3
 
G) Unnamed Matoran like Species (Onu-Version) > View 1, View 2, View 3
 
H) Sent nothing because your MOCs are awful...
 
Alright, that's all choices. You can pick as many choices as you want (Except for well, Choice H since that would silly to pick more than one choice for, if you are telling not to sent anything at all.).
 
Also apologizes for photos being kind of grainy. My camera is well, not very good at taking photos of MOCs (Which is not surprising considering it is a cheap camcorder.). So yeah, sorry about that. I'll try to maybe take some better photos with my father's camera later.
 
With that said, I guess that's it for this entry. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all take the time to leave a comment with what MOCs you think I should sent to these events. I'll talk to later, BZPers.
 
- JMJ 2013

Hey, folks. I am just popping in really quick to tell you guys that I got my BZPower shirt from Bionicle Raptor today. =D Yay!

Here is a picture of it spread around a table and a video of myself rambling awhile wearing it. Like I said in the video, I probably wear this shirt if I were to go to BrickFair for a day again next year since I think it would make it more obvious that I am BZPer than telling folks to look for a guy with Penn State shirt. XD

But anyway, I loved the design for the shirt and I especially loved color of the shirt (Red is, after all, my favorite color.), so I might even wear this shirt causally when I am off from work and school. So yeah, I personally liked the shirt. Thank you once again for sending it to me, Mister Bionicle Raptor.

That's all for this entry, folks. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have a good day. Talk to later, BZPers.  

- JMJ 2012

Hey, folks. As I am sure you notice from the title, this is going to be my belated entry on my experience of BrickFair from so many Saturdays ago.  

And of course, since this is me writing this and all, it is no doubt be a long winded detail account of whole day with as much details as I can remember after so many weeks have gone by. So yeah, I would understand if none of you folks actually read this thing in its entirely since it will be a lot rambling from me about details you probably could careless about.

As such though, I am going to save you folks a bit of trouble of scanning this entry for links to pictures & videos by providing them all here. Just a forewarning though all my pictures are pretty bad, so you would probably be better off not looking at them really.

So yeah, here are pictures of Bionicle stuff (Which I am sure most of you have seen already in my previous entry.), PennLug Stuff (Which I wish I got more photos of. My friend probably has some good ones on his camera, I imagine. But I never got to follow up with him about his pictures.), Sculpture Stuff (Which is actually the first section that we went to since it was closest to the entrance.), Town Related Stuff, General Theme related Stuff (Like Star Wars, Space, Steampunk, Castle, etc.), and lastly a random section for stuff that I think are kind of in-between or just don't feel too well grouping with other stuff in their galleries.

Oh, and all the videos can be found here. Don't worry my horrible voice and face are not in them, so you won't suffer from anything by looking at them. They do all have a huge amount of shaking camera-ness to them though since I am awful at keeping the camera focus. That and it has tons of background audio from Fair itself. Not that could of been avoid really as this is a public day and all. XD

Also there is only one video of the Bionicle table since there was only one movable MOC on display as far as I know. I mean I guess I could of made a video that pan across the entire of the Bionicle table, but I thought that would probably get a lot of strange looks and be kind of creepy, so I didn't. No, actually I didn't do that because I didn't think of doing that at the time. My mind was all over the place that day, after all. Even still, I think that probably would of been creepy, so I am glad I didn't think of that or do it.

But anyway, to point of this actual entry, I am now going to begin my recount of Saturday, August 4th 2012. Abandon this entry now if you so desired. If you do, thanks for taking the time to check out the pictures and videos.

Saturday, August 4th 2012

Okay, so it is a Saturday morning and I have gotten up rather early that day. I think it was like six in morning at the time, which generally speaking is my most hated hour of the day since I am not really a morning person. Surprisingly enough though, I felt pretty well rested, even though technically I had a lot trouble sleeping the night before due to nerves.

But anyway, I got up and grab the clothes that I set aside for this day from my dresser, which were my Penn State shirt and a pair of black Khakis. Now no doubt some of you folks are wondering why I choose those clothes for this (lol No, you probably not really, but I am telling you anyway.).

Well, my explanation for Penn State shirt is that a good majority of my causal wear for non-work stuff is Penn State Shirts. Why? Because my father loves giving all his free Penn State shirts that he gets from work to my siblings and I. Why though did I pick the collar shirt with just small Penn State logo on it? For some reason, I thought it would stand out more than ones with more noticeable Penn State logos, I have. That and I happened to find that shirt to be quite comfortable to wear. Heck, I am wearing it right now. XD

As for pair of black Khakis, all my shorts with pockets were in laundry that week. That and I am not huge fan of showing my legs in public much. *shrugs* Beside those reasons, I also get cold very easily, so I thought it was wise decision to wear those since I knew for the car ride down as we would have A/C on. Plus, if my friend was anything like my father, I would get cold in the car after awhile. It was also why I packed a hoodie in my schoolbag just in case I got really cold in the car.

And really I can't say that I regret wearing those pants that day since it did not end up making me hotter like some people would think, especially when you waiting in long line to get in. But we will get that point late in this entry. If I had to say anything bad about this choice of pants though, it is that right pocket has a hole in it large enough for pens and coins to fall out of.

Thankfully though, nothing fell out that pocket during the trip until we went to movies, which the only thing that I fell out there were coins that I put in this pocket by accident. Although it was not too bad because I did I feel them fall out and as such, I was able pick them back up as soon as it happened.

But anyway, enough on clothes, I went downstairs to take a quick shower and changed into those clothes. After that, I did a quick five o'clock shadow shave with my electric razor because I thought if I used the manual, I would cut myself since my sensitive skin can make it difficult to shave manually without at least cutting once somewhere. I then ate a quick breakfast, which was one of those microwave sausage, egg and cheese sandwich things. Afterwards, I brushed my teeth and put on deodorant.

After all that happened, it was like 7:30 AM now, so I went over to my booted up computer, which I turn on before I took my shower. And well, I logged into YiM  (Just in case my friend was trying to contact me about something.) and I also logged into BZPower. And well, on BZPower as you know, I wrote up a quick little entry for this blog saying I was on my way, which a few people end up reply to long after I was gone and without an internet connection (My phone is a phone, not some magic do all device like some of you folks have.).

Alright, so soon after that was posted, my mother convinced me that I should bring something to drink for my friend and I during long car ride. Which looking back was probably not smartest idea to agree about doing because ultimately my friend did not ask for any of 1.25 Liter of Coca-Cola that I placed in the cooler for the trip. That and I had to hold the cooler in place with my feet for most of trip to keep it from moving with the car wildly and possibly spilling. I also ended up having to go to bathroom as soon as we got there due all the soda that I drank from coffee cup that I also had with me due to my mother's suggestion of this idea.

But yeah, after getting things ready for that horrible idea, I return to my computer and just did random things to eat up time, while I wait for my friend to come over to my house. Eventually he send me message through YiM telling me that he was on his way and just about to make it over to my house. So I got up from desk and check my schoolbag to see if everything I wanted to bring was in there, which basically was my 3DS, i-Thingy, and emergency gear (Umbrella & extra set of clothes). It was all there, so I replied back and he answered back in a few minutes or so that he was here.

I turned my computer off after that and head out with my stuff. And well, he was there and we were off to BrickFair. Really there is not that much to say about trip up to BrickFair, beside that my friend and I were talking about random stuff throughout it.

Hm...I guess I could mention that we spent a good two hours or so listening to Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time CD and occasionally sang along with it. And yes, before any asks, what I mean by us singing along with it is that we made sound effects that we thought matched song tune. What can I say we are weird. Well, I am weird. I don't know about my friend. Maybe he is, if you really thought that was weird. Oh, and my favorite soundtrack was Lon Lon Ranch.

But anyway, it was a fun ride up for the two of us. We also were able to avoid a lot of traffic on the ride due to how early we left (It was around 8 AM when we left.). Traffic did start to build up after awhile though obviously. Ultimately we ended up arriving about half an hour earlier than we had originally thought we would (We got there around 11:30 AM.).  

lol Not that matter since we ended up taking a bathroom break at Walmart nearby and then decided to go get lunch there at the local Subway. Which naturally even though I told my friend beforehand that I was not really a hoagie eater (Yeah, I defied the Southeastern Pennsylvanian stereotype that we all like hoagies. Well, I don't. I do like big soft Pretzels like a lot of Southeastern Pennsylvanian though.), he decided to order me something with his order.

And obviously since I did not want one, I had to correct him, which annoyed the guy behind the counter. So yeah, I ended up ordering from them a personal pan pizza, which thankful they did have because I was worried they wouldn't as it might of been regional thing. I ate most of it, but I didn't finish it because I kind of felt pressure from my friend to get moving again. That and since I picked the wrong Coca-Cola fountain (It taste horrible.), I ended up being quite thirst, which will play a factor later on during the fair with another annoyance.

Okay, so we left the Walmart (It was Noon at the time.) and walk all the way over to convention center, where we saw for the first time the legendary line to end all lines stretching across entire convention center. Now personally I had no problem waiting in this long line since as far as I concern waiting forty minutes to an hour was worth it if I got to see what BrickFair is like.

Beside, I do have patience. I mean I did, after all, wait six hours every Monday and Wednesday for a class to start at my college last semester. So yeah, I know how to wait and even if I did get bored after awhile, I could of easily pull out my 3DS or i-Thingy and play with them, while I wait. lol Can't say the same about my friend though since if there was anything that I learned about him during this trip, it is that patience is not his virtue.

But anyway, we waited in that line for about forty or so minutes.  And well, my friend and I greatly wish we thought of bring a hat or sunglasses along as we were quite sweaty from rays of sun beating down our faces for that entire forty minutes. We also didn't have any sun screen on, so we weren't exactly to well protected from sun's rays. Thankfully none of us got sun burn during the trip.

However the heat did make me quite thirst though, which again will play a factor later. So yeah, if you are planning to attend BrickFair on public day like my friend and I did, I would recommend you bring a hat, have sun screen on, have i-Thingy to listen to music as you wait, and most importantly try to arrive as early as there is a chance you could be turn away as soon as you reached the building due it reaching max capacity for people, which was a worry of mines. Thankfully for us, it did not happen and I imagine if it did happen, we would of just head over to LEGO store a bit and maybe try the place again in an hour.

So yeah, we got in (It was like 12:40-ish.) and start taking pictures of stuff, we saw nearby. Naturally I was trying to lead us over to left because I knew the Bionicle table was over there. We ended up starting with Sculpture table, which had a lot of works there as shown here (Note: Some of works in this gallery were not on this table. I put them there because they fit better there than their actual place.). I especially loved all the Nintendo related stuff.

This guy is also one of most friendly faces I saw there (Well, beside Bionicle table people, but I didn't approach any of them.). Oh, and I mention to my friend that this creation was made by BZPer. lol I think he thought I actually knew that BZPer though, which is nowhere near truth since I have never even talk to them before on here.

Alright, so after we check out the sculpture stuff, we skipped over PennLug stuff (Well, we looked at stuff there, but we did not go all out with it at least not right away. Of course, my pictures were awful for that anyway, so I only got like six pictures overall from that table. Again, I imagine my friend got more and much better pictures than I, but I rather not bug him for them.) and went straight to Bionicle table.

And man, that was an impressive table. I seriously did not expect there to be that much MOCs to be there (Mostly because our forums' active lately has not been huge, especially in terms of creative stuff like MOCs.), but apparently BZPower went all out with it and it really shows. I seriously wish I could of gotten better pictures for you guys, but unfortunately I felt a lot of pressure to keep move from my friend and the crowds, so I rush a lot of my pictures there. Heck, maybe that's why I didn't make more of effort to say hello to any of BZPers.

Actually no, I am coward and I was worried like crazy about how to present myself because I have an awful track with meeting people due my horrid social skills. Plus, I am really no better online since even there I rarely ever fit in or make many friends. *shrugs* So really you guys should be happy, you did not meet the social train wreck that is JMJ.

So anyway, we left the Bionicle table after snapping pictures of entirely of the table. And well, there is not much to say about the other tables. I mean yeah, I was blown away by a lot of the stuff there, especially castle stuff. Like for example, someone actually recreated Castle Town from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It was awesome looking, especially with Zelda Mosaics next to it. Oh, and Brick Arcade Cabinet and Portal Gun were pretty awesome too.

Really everything was awesome there and I could probably highlight all my pictures, but that would take forever and this entry is getting long as it is. So instead I am just going to link you all other galleries again: Town, Theme, Random, and PennLug. So yeah, after we got thru most of tables around 2:30-ish, my friend decided to go check out the vendors to see about getting a shirt or a hat.

Ultimately though since it was like twenty dollars for a shirt or a hat, my friend was kind turned off by the idea due thinking it was far too much. Me, I personally did not want a BrickFair shirt because white is horrible shirt color to give to overweight dude that sweats a lot. I did want to get a BZPower shirt though. But due my social anxious and all, I didn't ask anyone about it. Not that it matters anyway since from what I heard, Mister Raptor was out to lunch at this point. Plus, I was able to order one of leftovers from Fair recently.  

I was though thinking about buying some of Bionicle sets for sale, but I decided not to because I did not have a means to carry it, beside my hands since I did not bother to bring my schoolbag with me (Which I didn't bring with me because I was paranoid that they would turn me away, if I was carrying a bag with me when I came in.).  And eventually I end up getting thirst, so I headed over to water fountain and quickly regretted doing so because the water there was nasty.

Obviously though, my thirst was becoming too great though, so I told my friend that I was heading over to vending machine for a bit. I had left briefly and pass by the Bionicle table, where I saw Mister Black Six for the first time. And well, I kind of was in shocked that I saw him, so I stared at him for a bit before moving on back to my task.

I got the vending machine and wait patiently behind a little girl, who was trying to get a soda clearly out of order. When she finally pick something not out of order and left, I approached the machine. And to my surprise and annoyance, it was asking $2.50 for a drink. Now I don't know about you folks, but I find spending $2.50 on a drink to be a rip off, especially considering I pay less that at my college (Which even there, it is rip off as I can  get 1.25 litter of Coca-Cola at supermarket like ACME for 99 cents, while they sell a small bottle (Single Serving) of Coca-Cola for $1.50. lol I know this because I drink a lot of Coca-Cola to get through my work and school days in the morning. It is my coffee.).

Ultimately though, I had no choice in matter as my thirst was far too strong. So begrudgingly I gave the machine three dollars and got six quarters from machine in return, which I then accidentally placed in my right pocket with the hole in it. I then took my Pepsi (They didn't have Coca-Cola. *shakes fist*) and went off to find my friend. Along the way, I stared at Black Six again from afar and I couldn't swore he was looking back at me. lol I was probably imagining things.

But yeah, I found my friend and convince him to do another walk about the place to take some extra pictures since I knew a good amount of my pictures were horrible.

We did that for a bit, but eventually my friend start to want to go out and see a movie to end the day off since he felt like we have done all we really want to here. Which we kind of did. I mean I didn't say hi to anyone, but that's just my own fault as I had plenty of opportunities to have done it. I am just coward, which is what I say repeated at the Fair before finally signing the guest book.  But anyway, during that walkabout the place, I saw Black Six one last time and again stared at him from afar.

And when my friend finally did suggest the movie idea, I pull him over to Bionicle table at least twice in order to try and build up the courage to do something each time. And well, during the second movement over there, I finally build up courage to at least sign the book and was waiting patience behind a kid with Mohawk to sign it. Oh, and Black Six appeared to be gone at this point because I did not notice him nearby at all.

And well, while I waited to sign it, I continued my conversation with my friend about going to movies, while occasionally mumbling how I am coward (Actually I think I did that after signing it when my friend question me about why I was doing that.). I signed it and well, hightailed it out there with my friend in tow.

When we got to the car, we took a moment or so to check out all the Miis that we collected while we were there. I got about twenty Miis, I think. None of them help me beat the final boss of Find Mii 1 though since none of them did nearly as much damage as needed to take the boss out. I imagine I will end up beating it when I go to school this week though, so the damage they did will make it a lot easier for common Miis that I see there often.

After checking our 3DSes, my friend then set his GPS to find local theaters nearby and end up picking an AMC nearby. Unfortunately there was a lot of traffic on road at the time, so my friend was not a very happy camper when we finally got to the place, especially considering this theater (It was actually like part of Mall or something, which I thought was interesting since I never seen anything like it before.) was in a very urban area, so a parking garage would of needed to have been used, had we went to that one.

And well, my friend did not want to have use a parking garage, so we looked for another one. Eventually we found another one, but this time with outside parking and parking meters. We ended up settling for that one and well, to our surprise, we did not have to pay the parking meter as it was after a certain hour now. I don't recall when it was, but I believe it was four o'clock at the time. *shrugs* Oh, and when I got out of car here, this is when the quarters in my right pocket fell out and I quickly pick them up and put them in the other pocket.

So yeah, we went up to theater and my friend ask me what I wanted to see. Now personally I don't go to movies a lot nowadays, so I wasn't sure how to answer that. My first answer though was Dark Knight Rises since I been hearing that movie get so much hype at the time. My friend though had already seen it and say that it would be far too long for what he had in mind (He wanted to see a quick movie, so we could be driving home mostly during daylight hours.).

Eventually he suggested Brave and I basically say, "Sure." And well, I liked the film as denoted in this entry, so I don't regret us choosing to see that one. We did end getting home much more later than we had originally planned. I also didn't eat any of popcorn, while we were at the movies, so I technically did not have dinner that day. It did not seem to bug me though. *shrugs*

But anyway, we sat in a lot of DC traffic on the way home, so again my friend was not a happy camper about that. I think the conversations we had on the ride home helped keep him at ease a little. Especially like how I channeled one of Simon Lane's many voices (Not Grizwold) to counter my friend's complains about traffic lights in cities. I really wish I could of recorded that because that was hilarious or at least my friend and I thought it was. Although I am pretty sure he did not get the voice reference though.

Really we talk about a lot stuff during the trip back home; BZPower, school, work, where we wouldn't mind living in the future, Kingdom Hearts, etc. I mean I could mention to you all what I remember of those conversations, but really you do not needed to know that stuff, so I won't bother.

And well, around 10:30-ish, we finally got home and post entry here saying how much fun of a day my friend and I had. Not much else to say really here. That was our trip to BrickFair. Now let's get to this conclusion stuff, so you folks that stick around to read this whole thing can finally leave.

Conclusion

Now personally I had a lot fun on this trip hanging out with my good friend there and checking out all awesome MOCs on display. It was great day, but it wasn't without its faults.

Particularly the fact that I only had a day to check everything out was probably biggest issue as I felt a lot of pressure of trying to see everything I could, while I was there. So if I was to do this again, I would like try stay long. Heck, I wouldn't mind taking off a whole week from work just to check this place out in its entirely and take in some sights around the area there too.

Of course, it was understandable why we couldn't of done that because beside being a bit last minute in our decision to actually go on Saturday, I believe my friend did have duties to do at his church on Sunday, which I understand and have no problem with. And really my friend is awesome for helping me to get to see it for just a day, so personally I am not complaining really.

What I am saying is if I have means to, I would like to try stay longer by possibly attending whole thing. And well, there is a slight possibility of that happening as I might be able to get my license before next year comes, which would make going there myself a lot easier. Personally though, I am not making any promises that will happen as my nerves do get the best of me whenever I am learning to drive from my father. *shrugs*

Of course, even if I were to attended the whole thing, I am a social train wreck, so I doubt I would be much fun to be around. *shrugs* But yeah, those are my thoughts basically of BrickFair. So that's it for this entry. Comment if you really want to and apologizes if this entry was a huge waste of your time. Thanks though for taking the time to read the whole thing or rather for skimming the whole thing. See ya, BZPers.

-JMJ 2012

Hey, folks. I am just popping in to tell you guys that I have finally, after months of putting it off, start cleaning up the basement.

And so far progress with it has been good; I have gotten all my college textbook on their proper shelf; I have thrown away a good enough of waste material like old notebooks and boxes; and I got three things ready to donate somewhere (Lincoln Logs, Parchessi [Board Game], and an old 100 piece puzzle [Which I completed just to make sure it had all the pieces and well, it does.]). There still a lot more to do though obviously, but I decided to take a "Teamster Break" to write a blog entry and work on posting my SSCC review.

And beside that, I know I am not going to get it done in one day anyway as there is bunch of vacuuming and dusting to do after I get through all my school paperwork stuff. lol That's not even counting the LEGO stuff that I want to do such as creating a possible work station to build LEGO related stuff. So yeah, this project going take a few weekends to get through, but I think it is will be worth it in the long run since I am tired of how disorganize my work space has become around me.

Oh, speaking of LEGO stuff, I ultimately end up deciding out of blue today to buying LEGO Lord of Rings Collection pack instead of a Mindstorms set. I imagine I am going to be kick myself for that, especially if the sets end up going on sale at some point. But well, they are pretty awesome sets from what I can tell, so I guess it is worth it. That since they are license sets, I doubt even on sale that they would be very cheap. *shrugs*

So yeah, for next couple of weeks, I am going to be sitting on pins and needles waiting for them to arrive. Man, it is going to be awesome owning the whole Fellowship. Hm...Not sure what I will do with some of doubles though. I guess I could sell them maybe, if they are basically same minifigure in appearance. *shrugs* We'll see, I guess.

Oh, and again speaking of LEGO stuff, I found an old MOC of mines that I am slightly tempted to take pictures of to post in Bionicle Based Creation forum. Hm...But I don't know if it really good enough to show there, so I am kind of against possibly showing it. *shrugs* Again, we will just have to wait and see, I guess.

Now speaking of more BZP related news, I recently read an old fan fiction of mines and I got to say I am kind of start getting in the mood again to write some Bionicle fan fiction, when I get the chance. lol That probably won't happen though until like college starts for me on the 27th since I am sure I will have do nothing periods in my day to read fan fiction stuff and possibly write some myself, while I am there. Once more, we will just have to wait and see.

As for blog news, I got a couple of entries planned. One of them is basically going to be final BrickFair related entry and it will basically mention all details that I remember of the event, my regrets after leaving early, what I learn from the experience, and my possible plans for a future visit, etc. Plus, it will have links to all my pictures.

The other entry is probably going to be Pokemon related as I wanted to write down my expectations for the future of Pokemon games when they make the switch to the 3DS. It might also have revamp of my Who's that Pokemon feature. When these entries will be posted is all up to how busy I am during the next few weeks, so they might not be up right away knowing my track record. Apologizes for that, folks.

That's all for now, folks. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have a good day. Talk to you all later, BZPers.

- JMJ 2012

Hey, folks. I am just popping in to share with you folks the pictures that I took of the Bionicle table since I don't have anything better to do. Actually I am watching Alphas right now, but I thought I might as well take some time to write a blog entry during the commercials. Especially considering I just finished uploading all my BIONICLE pictures from our BrickFair trip last Saturday.

So yeah, here are pictures that I took from Bionicle table. Keep in mind that I am pretty horrible at taking pictures, so they are probably the worst taken during the Fair. Oh, and here's a video of the awesome Bionicle styled Superman MOC flying in circles with a green creature (I have no idea what that green guy was supposed to be. I probably should of read the MOC card.). Again, I am sure you will probably be getting much better photos/videos than this from others here later on.

Hm...Well, I guess that's it for this entry. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have a good day. Night, BZPers.

- JMJ 2012

Hey, folks. I am back again to give you guys another entry related to my trip yesterday (Saturday) to BrickFair. I kind of worn out though (All that walking, sitting, and standing for hours were not great on my knees. Argh...), so I am going try to keep this short mostly.

Alright, so today (Sunday) I was looking through all 221 photos I took at BrickFair yesterday and well, I ended up throwing away like 94 photos out of that. XD So yeah, if I had to conclude anything about my photo taking skills, it is that I should never be given a camera since even the photos that I kept weren't so great. lol

So yeah, if I learn anything from this trip, it is that I need to try to take my time taking photos next time. Although admittedly it could not be help as I naturally did not want to lose my friend in crowds there and I also did not want to get into other people's way. *shrugs*

But anyway, I decided that I was going to show a few of photos that I liked here and maybe the rest later, when I have more time/when I am less tired. First of which is showing that I apparently did see Mister Evil Blog Master during my visit, apologizes for not saying hello. I can and am rather shy and reserve person in real life, so I found it hard to build up the courage to say hello.

Next photo is of BZPower Visitor Logbook about two hours before I signed when I had to leave with my friend to go to the movie. Again, it shows that I was there while Evil Blog Master and crew were around. Once more, I am sorry about that, people. If I ever go again, I'll at least try to say hello.

Alright, now this photo is special in that it has Black Six in the background. I actually did not realize he was in the background when I took the picture, so it was nice little surprise for me when I looking back at the photo. Especially considering I was tempted to take a photo of him one of the three times that I stared at him behind Bionicle table later on that day.

I didn't though because I thought that would be kind of weird. lol Not that, I hadn't come off weird enough by signing the logbook and not saying hello to anyone there when I did. XD Yeah, I guess I am weird. *shrugs*

Okay, moving on from that, the last picture that I am showing today is a photo that I took, while we waiting in DC traffic. And it is of the Washington Monument from afar. I thought I would share this one because I think it is my best photo taken during the trip. That and I thought that people, who have never been Washington DC, might like to see it.  

*yawn* Alright, folks, that's all I got for today. I hope you like it and thanks for taking the time to read this. Good Night, BZPers.

- JMJ 2012